Apple M3 (iPad) vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple M3 (iPad), vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M3 (iPad) and Apple A16 Bionic
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple M3 (iPad)
1814284
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU426842381160
GPU696454472052
Memory304514258668
UX386474329468
NanoReview Score18142841441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M3 (iPad)
n/a
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stabilityn/a79 %
Graphics Testn/a59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression459.7 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser266.5 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering312.1 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur48.1 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing125.3 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection283.3 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR419.3 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing13.4 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.05 GHz –
- 4x 2.75 GHz –
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 4050 3460
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 256 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 25 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 20 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model n/a Apple A16 GPU
Architecture n/a Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency n/a 1398 MHz
Execution Units n/a 5
Shader Units n/a 128
Total shader n/a 640
FLOPS n/a 1789.4 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 18 TOPS 17 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 102.4 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe NVMe
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2796x1290 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a APL1W10

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